Chapter 38: The Legacy of the Rivers and Lakes (4)
Master Jingyi was too kindly invited, and Jiang Yuan walked with the Emei faction. Worried that they would be attacked by Dongchang and Jinyiwei on the road, they immediately started to hurry after a short rest.
Most of the disciples of the Emei faction were younger than Jiang Yuan, and they were doted on and indulged by Master Jingyi, and Yingying Yanyan sang and laughed happily along the way, seemingly completely unaware that Dongchang might attack them on the road at any time. Jiang Yuan secretly thought it was funny, this group of girls had probably never been down Mount Emei, and they had never seen anything in the world, but they were also pitiful. However, with such a companion, Jiang Yuan had to pay attention to the possible dangers around him.
"Master, there's a teahouse in front, let's go there and take a rest!" a female disciple shouted. Someone took the lead, and immediately someone followed suit, and all the disciples shouted that they were tired. Master Jingyi couldn't resist them, and after consulting Jiang Yuan's opinion, he nodded and agreed. Those disciples cheered, and immediately rushed to the tea house, chirping and calling Xiao Er to serve tea.
Master Jingyi glanced at them helplessly, and said to Jiang Yuan helplessly: "Don't be surprised, young man, these disciples of mine are all orphans near Mount Emei, and they were brought up by me since I was a child, and they are usually reluctant to beat or scold, so they are spoiled like this by me." Makes you laugh. ”
When Jiang Yuan heard this, he remembered how he studied art with his master when he was young, and his heart felt a pantothenic acid - everyone is an orphan, and the difference in treatment is too great.
Jiang Yuan just wanted to speak, but Mrs. Jingyi glanced at him and pointed to the shopkeeper. Xiao Er happened to come to this table for tea, and Jiang Yuan noticed his right hand holding the teapot - wide and vicissitudes, with thick calluses on the tiger's mouth, and at first glance, it was the hand that held the knife all year round.
Jiang Yuan immediately became alert, and took advantage of the time when Xiao Er got into the inner room, picked up the teacup and put it under his nose and sniffed it, it seemed to have some peculiar smell and poison. Jiang Yuan just wanted to remind the disciples of the Emei Sect, but found that the group of girls had already been on guard, and a few nervous ones had already put their hands on the hilt of their swords. It seems that although the disciples of the Emei faction are spoiled on weekdays, their basic skills are still very solid.
Master Jingyi was too unsure whether these people were from Dongchang, and he didn't know if they were sent to Emei, but he didn't want to expand the situation, after all, the most important thing now was to bring the disciples back to Mount Emei safely, so while letting the disciples stay on guard, he took out some scattered silver taels from his sleeves and threw them on the table and asked tentatively: "Shopkeeper, the tea money is on the table, you don't need to look for it." ”
Who knew that Xiao Er did not move for a long time after entering the inner room, and no one answered.
No, you can't stay here for long!
Master Jingyi was shocked in his heart, and turned sideways to cover the disciples who wanted to pass through this place quickly. At this moment, dozens of black-clothed people rushed out of the roadside and surrounded the Emei faction.
Master Jingyi hurriedly commanded the disciples to form a formation and prepare to fight these people. Jiang Yuan had been hiding outside the circle since just now, preparing to sneak attack these black-clothed men from behind when they fought, Master Jingyi saw Jiang Yuan's movements and guessed his plan, so he was relieved and asked unhurriedly: "Who are you along the way?"
A long laugh came from the tea house just now, and a person flew out of it, also dressed in black and masked, and said: "I heard that the relics of martial arts in the late Song Dynasty have recently reappeared in the rivers and lakes, and we are specially waiting here, but who knows that a group of female streamers are waiting for them! The black-clothed mask is just to not reveal his identity, but if he is a normal man, at this time, he should be escorted back to the cottage to be the wife of the village or to give the brothers a happy and happy thing, but unfortunately this person said that he would be sold in the kiln, I am afraid that he is not a castrated eunuch!
Master Jingyi hated people looking down on women the most in his life, and when he heard this person speak wildly, he said coldly: "It turned out to be some beast scum, today I will ask you to understand the power of women!"
Only then did Jiang Yuan see clearly that the long sword in Jingyi's hand was also a rare divine weapon, and a cyan dragon shadow was engraved on the three-finger-wide sword, and white light was reflected on the blades on both sides, which was dazzling and terrifying.
Master Jingyi raised his sword in his hand and attacked the leader directly. The man in black was not afraid, and the two immediately fought together. Seeing that the master had made a move, the Emei faction also launched an attack on the man in black. Jiang Yuan really underestimated the disciples of the Emei faction, thinking that they were too immature to resist the attacks of the Dongchang killers, who knew that they could cooperate with the formation to be able to withstand the attacks of the killers, and the killers were defeated in several attacks, and several people were injured.
Jiang Yuan had seen the methods of the killers in Dongchang, but at this time, seeing that the performance of the disciples of the Emei faction was not weak, he put his mind at ease and went to support Master Jingyi. Jiang Yuan and Jingyi Shi Tai were in one place, the leader and Shi Tai were originally fighting with Shi Tai, at this time, Jiang Yuan's appearance caught him off guard, and the pinching attacks on both sides made him scramble, and after a while, he only had the ability to parry, and then he had the power to fight back.
The leader of the killer couldn't resist the enemy, and the long knife in his hand flickered, and he flew back some distance. Both sides are disadvantaged, and this one cannot be fought again.
"Withdraw!"
The group of black-clothed men listened to the order, took cover and withdrew from the battlefield in turn, and left quickly. "Don't chase, everyone!" Master Jingyi shouted loudly, telling the disciples not to chase and kill the enemy, lest they fall into the trap.
"It should be someone from Dongchang. Jiang Yuan looked at the backs of the people in black and said to Master Jingyi.
"I also felt that their moves were obviously not the ones on the rivers and lakes. Master Jingyi sighed. This situation is not good, it seems that it is really targeted by the East Factory, there are still more than ten days away from Emei, and I am afraid that I will be worried on the way.
"Who dares to commit murder here!" suddenly came from the direction where the killers fled, and this person's voice was strong and powerful, presumably a person with excellent martial arts. It seems that someone is fighting with the killers who have escaped. Jiang Yuan and Master Jingyi looked at each other, the sects that went to Chongyang Palace to ask for cheats have all left, and the Emei faction is the last batch, so who are the people who are fighting with the killers?
Jiang Yuan said: "Mrs. Shi, you are here to command everyone not to relax, I'll go and see what's going on." With that, he flew there with light work under his feet.
"Be careful!" shouted Shi Tai and the disciples behind him.
Jiang Yuan came to the battlefield and found that the middle-aged man who was fighting with the man in black was somewhat familiar.
"Hmm...... Isn't that Zhao Wenrui? So the people who are with him are the disciples of the Huashan faction?"
The situation does not need Jiang Yuan to help at all, the strength of the disciples of the Huashan faction is really stronger than that of the Emei faction, even if there is no formation, the man in black has already been killed and injured more than half, and his leader was pressed and beaten by Zhao Wenrui, and he already had several injuries on his body. Huayang's swordsmanship is really sharp, the moves are coherent and unprocrastinated, the sword is not far from the point, and the opponent is forced to move left and right, and there is no power to fight back!
"What a subtle swordsmanship!" Jiang Yuan sighed. The man in black was no match at all, and he was wiped out in a few moments.
"Come out!" Zhao Wenrui said in a deep voice after killing all the men in black. Jiang Yuan knew that he was talking about himself, and it seemed that he had already discovered himself. Jiang Yuan no longer hid it, and walked out generously.
"Zhao's seniors' swordsmanship is really powerful, and the juniors admire it!" Although Jiang Yuan was flattering, it was also from the heart. I don't know which of the Sancai swordsmanship is better than the Huayang swordsmanship?
"Oh, you're not...... Is it a little Taoist boy in Chongyang Palace?" "When the various factions forced Chongyang Palace at that time, Jiang Yuan hid behind Li Daochang and pretended to be a little Taoist boy, and he didn't expect Zhao Wenrui to recognize him.
"Junior Jiang Yuan, I've seen my senior!" Jiang Yuan arched his hand.
The disciples of the Huashan faction exclaimed, "This is Jiang Yuan?"
"Dare to go to Chongyang Palace at this time?"
"Jiang Yuan?" Zhao Wenrui was also taken aback, and looked him up and down carefully, "Sure enough, the back waves of the Yangtze River are pushing the front waves, and the young people want to compare us with the older generation!"
Jiang Yuan didn't know which aspect he was referring to, and said modestly: "Where is it, the seniors are laughing, I am far worse than the seniors." ”
Zhao Wenrui laughed and said, "You are laughing, how can you make a fuss about our old bones, you will turn this entire martial arts upside down with one sentence!"
Jiang Yuan was embarrassed, scratching his head and not knowing what to say. Zhao Wenrui laughed enough, patted Jiang Yuan's shoulder, and said, "I heard that you are the apprentice of an old drunkard? He was not a fuel-efficient lamp back then, and it is not surprising that he can teach an apprentice like you, but as far as this matter is concerned, you are out of the blue! Tell me, why are you here?"
Listening to Zhao Wenrui's tone, it seems that he has a lot of friendship with the old drunkard. Jiang Yuan gave a general explanation of what had just happened, and after listening to this, Zhao Wenrui frowned and said, "You mean, these killers may be from Dongchang? They first attacked the Emei faction, and then were exterminated by my Huashan faction?"
Jiang Yuan nodded and said, "Yes, if it is as expected, it should be so." Zhao Wenrui waved his hand and said: "Whatever he does, he will be killed." ”
Huashan is not far from Chongyang Palace, and the two factions walked together for a day and arrived at the foot of Huashan. Zhao Wenrui was saying goodbye to everyone, who knew that a disciple under the door came to whisper a few words in his ear, Zhao Wenrui suddenly had a strange face, and said to Jingyi Shitai: "Master, Zhao has a reluctant request, please don't refuse." One of my disciples wants to go out and practice, and I would like to ask Mrs. Shi to take her in for a few days, and I would be very grateful. ”
Master Jingyi glanced at the man sideways, nodded and said, "Since Brother Zhao has spoken, then I won't shirk." He'll just come with us. ”
It was getting late, and Jiang Yuan couldn't see which disciple of the Huashan faction was, but he felt strange, wasn't the Emei faction only a female disciple? Could it be that there was still room for men on Mount Emei?